Card or ticket holder for receptacles



0. S. DAVIS.

CARD OR'TICKET HOLDER FOR RECEPTACLES.

APPLICAHON mm FEB. 24. m6. RENEWED FEB. 24. 1919.

1,304,031 Patented May 20, 1919.

INVENTOR 7 0 out; 15- Qafia.

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES IPATENToFFIo f ORRY s. DAVIS, or ZANESVILLE, oHIo.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 20, 1919.

Application filed February 24, 1916, Serial'No. 80,265. Renewed February 24,1919. Serial No. 278,930.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORRY S. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Zanesville, in the county of Muskingum and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Card or Ticket Holders for Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved card or ticket holder particularly adapted for use on milk cans or other portable receptacles of commerce.

The prime object is to rovide a novel, improved, simplified and e cient article ofthis nature and especially one which will avoid the use of the usual wire or string for connecting the tag or ticket to the can in order to reduce or minimize the danger of tearing and loss of the tag or ticket.

The above objects, I attain by the construction shown in the accompanying drawing. Additional objects mostly servient to those stated, will appear hereinafter from the description following taken in connection with the said drawings, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a horizontal cross sectional view through a milk can cover or closure showing my invention in plan or top View;

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1 but through a complete cover or closure, and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view of a modified form.

Referring specifically to the drawings, wherein like reference characters designate like or corresponding parts, 4 designates a milk can cover which may be provided with a handle at 5 and which specifically has a vertical wall at 6 with a closure plate 7 at the base thereof. Since my invention has a broad application to receptacles and receptacle closures regardless of their particular use or construction, the illustration is to'be taken as by way of example and conventional only.

- Disposed within the recess surrounded by wall 6, is the improved holder. This holder may be provided from a single strand of wire or other material. Preferably the material for the holder is of copper or another suitable metal or material which will not readily corrode or oxidize. This strand is first bent intermediate its ends to provide a substantially U-shaped clasp 8, the arms of which lead to coils 9 and beyond which coils fastening portions 10 are provided. Intermediate the coils 9 and portions 10, bearing portions 11 are provided which are mounted in suitable apertures in walls 6. The coils 9 prevent displacement of the article through movement outwardly radially. In addition,

suitablerings preferably of the split type, I pass through suitable openings in wall 6 and surround the portions 10 as at 12.

Through the provision of the coils 9, the clasp 8 is so tensioned as to normally remain in contiguous relation with the inner. face of wall 6. To facilitate insertion of a card or ticket, such as is shown at 13, the free end of the clasp is bent outwardly as at 14:.

It will be noted that by using my improved holder, it will not interfere with the proper insertion of the closure into the can or receptacle, since spaces are provided at 15 which receive fastening portions 10 and the outermost portions of the split rings 12.

In use, in order to insert a ticket or card, the clasp 8 may be grasped by the fingers at the portions 14 and moved toward the center of the closure, thus providing a space, into which the card or ticket may be inserted, and after which the clasp may be released. It will thus be seen that the clasp will frictionally bear against the card or ticket and resiliently maintain it between the same and the wall 6. Also'with the card or ticket in the position shown in the drawings, the same will be protected against damage and it is not connected in such a way that there is a likelihood of its tearing.

It is to be understood that any suitable means for fastening the holder may be utilized. For instance in the form of Fig. 3, the bearing portions 11 may be dispensed with and the fastening arms 10 connect directly to the coils 9. The fastening arms in this instance are soldered as at 11, to the inner face of wall 6. It is also clear that other changes may be resorted to within the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

In combination with a milk can cover having a vertical wall, a clasp comprising an arcuate coil-bearing clamp member adapted In testimony whereof I affix my signature 1n presence of two wltnesses.

ORRY S. DAVIS.

for yieldable and intimate engagement With said Wall, said clasp having its coil terminals seated in arcuate recesses provided in saiimall, andmpenings insaid all to receive split rings which surround the terminals of the clasp for securely holding them in place. r i

Witnesses:

BENJAMIN SMITH, 'NETTE' Gr. KRIER.

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